| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 161 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 34 |
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Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 34.
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| Contents |
Plato and Aristotle on the vocation of the philosopher -- Halevi's Kuzari as a platonic dialogue -- Maimonides and the imagination -- Elia del Medigo, Averroes and Averroism -- Paduan Averroism reconsidered -- Philosophy and mysticism -- Maimonides and Spinoza on good and evil -- A note on natural right, nature and reason in Spinoza -- Spinoza and Luzzatto : philosophy and religion -- On the interpretation of Maimonides: the cases of Samuel David Luzzatto and Ahad Haʻam -- Harry A. Wolfson as interpreter of medieval thought -- On the limitations of human knowledge |
| Summary |
Aryeh Motzin's extraordinary essays on the encounter between Jewish tradition and philosophy are collected in this volume. Motzkin examines how medieval Jewish thinkers understood Plato and Aristotle, and how these medieval thinkers were, in turn, understood by modern Jewish thinkers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Jewish philosophy.
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Judaism and philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
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Jewish philosophy
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Judaism and philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Halper, Yehuda
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| ISBN |
9789004217713 |
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9004217711 |
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9004217703 |
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9789004217706 |
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